Cracker (term)
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| - | "Songs such as “[[(Say it Loud) I'm Black and I'm Proud]]” by Brown, “[[(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Gonna Go]]” by Curtis Mayfield, “[[Message From a Black Man]]” by the Temptations, and “[[To Be Young, Gifted and Black]]” by Aretha ..." --''[[The Lumpen: Music on the Front Lines of the Black Revolution]]'', page 10, Frederick Lewis Vincent, 2008 | ||
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| - | "'''(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go'''" is a [[funk]]/[[Soul music|soul]] song originally recorded by [[Curtis Mayfield]] for his album ''[[Curtis (Curtis Mayfield album)|Curtis]]'' (1970). The song was meant to serve as a warning regarding the state of [[race relations]] and the tempest growing in America's [[inner city|inner cities]]. | + | '''Cracker''', sometimes '''white cracker''' or "'''''cracka'''''", is a colloquial term for [[white people]], used especially for [[Poor Whites|poor rural whites]] in the [[Southern United States]]. It is also at times used indiscriminately and pejoratively against any person of white background. However, it is sometimes used in a neutral or positive context or self-descriptively with [[pride]] in reference to a native of [[Florida]] or [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] (see [[Florida cracker]] and [[Georgia cracker]]). |
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| - | The song begins with a woman proclaiming the virtues of the [[Bible]]'s "[[Book of Revelation]]" over an introduction of [[fuzz-bass]] guitar and [[congas|conga drums]]. Mayfield then shouts with a large echo overdub "Sisters! [[Niggers]]! Whities! Jews! [[Cracker (pejorative)|Crackers]]! Don't worry, If there's a Hell below, we're all gonna go!" followed by a scream. The song then breaks out with a heavy fuzz bass, Latin percussion, wah-wah guitar and strings. | + | |
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| - | The song is performed live on the album ''[[Curtis/Live!]]'' (1971) and ''[[Live in Europe (Curtis Mayfield)|Live in Europe]]'' (1987). Studio out-takes of the song have been added to the CD re-issue of the album. | + | |
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| - | Punk rock band [[Antiseen]] have covered the song on their EP ''Hell''. | + | |
| - | [[Narada Michael Walden]] performs this song on ''[[A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield]]''. | + | |
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| - | [[The Afghan Whigs]] covered this song on their 1998 live EP "Live at Howlin' Wolf". | + | |
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| - | [[D12]] samples this song on "That's How" from their album ''[[Devil's Night (album)|Devil's Night]]''. [[Kanye West]] samples the introduction to this song on "[[Jesus Walks]]", from his album ''[[The College Dropout]]''. [[N.W.A.]] also samples this song on "Niggaz 4 Life" from their album ''[[Efil4zaggin]]''. | + | |
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| - | The song was also featured in ''[[Dead Presidents]].'' | + | |
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| - | In 2017, the song was also used as the theme song for the HBO TV show ''[[The Deuce (TV series)|The Deuce]]''. | + | |
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Cracker, sometimes white cracker or "cracka", is a colloquial term for white people, used especially for poor rural whites in the Southern United States. It is also at times used indiscriminately and pejoratively against any person of white background. However, it is sometimes used in a neutral or positive context or self-descriptively with pride in reference to a native of Florida or Georgia (see Florida cracker and Georgia cracker).
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